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Greek Literature

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"The Greeks were the most intellectual people of the old world. … The study of Greek literature is therefore a proper element in a liberal education. The Greek language, naturally flexible and rich in poetical words, becomes in the hands of the great writers a medium of unequalled force, clearness, and adaptability, able to express as well the highest aspirations of the poet as the subtlest shades of philosophical argument or the most abstruse technicalities. The books of Greece have passed the critical selection of the ages, and the student, unencumbered by masses of inferior material, can approach the works of acknowledged masters, the true fountain-head of European culture." - Summary taken from the Introduction (2 hr 38 min)

Chapters

Introduction

3:08

Read by Devorah Allen

Homer and the Epic

18:46

Read by Heather Eney

Lyric, Elegiac, and Iambic Poetry

20:42

Read by Jeremy Silver

Tragedy

24:27

Read by Emily Maynard

Comedy

8:31

Read by Jennifer Wilson

Early Greek Prose: Herodotus, Thucydides

25:54

Read by Heather Eney

Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle

22:28

Read by Emily Maynard

Oratory: Isocrates, Demosthenes

12:56

Read by Jennifer Wilson

The Hellenistic and Roman Ages

21:50

Read by Katina Papadakis